Aletris Farinosa
Aletris Farinosa. - THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By CONSTANTINE HERING, M.D.
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THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA BY CONSTANTINE HERING, M. D.
Aletris Farinosa.
[ 1 ] Mind. [ 2 ] Sensorium. [3] Inner head. [4] Outer head. [ 5 ] Sight and eyes. [6] Hearing and ears. [7] Smell and nose. [8] Upper face. [9] Lower face. [10] Teeth and gums. [11] Taste, speech, tongue. [ 12 ] Inner mouth. [13] Palate and throat. [ 14 ] Appetite, thirst. Desires.. [ 15 ] Eating and drinking. [ 16 ] Hiccough, belching, nausea.. [17] Scrobiculum and stomach. [18] Hypochondria. [ 19 ] Abdomen and loins. [ 20 ] Stools and rectum. [21] Urinary organs. [22] Male sexual organs. [ 23 ] Female sexual organs. [ 24 ] Pregnancy. Parturition.. [25] Voice and larynx. Trachea.. [26] Respiration. [ 27 ] Cough. [28] Inner chest and lungs. [29] Heart, pulse and circulation. [30] Outer chest. [31] Neck and back. [32] Upper limbs. [33] Lower limbs. [34] Limbs in general. [ 35 ] Rest. Position. Motion. [ 36 ] Nerves. [37] Sleep. [38] Time. [39] Temperature and weather. [ 40 ] Fever. [41] Attacks, periodicity. [42] Locality and direction. [ 43 ] Sensations. [ 44 ] Tissues. [45] Touch. Injuries.. [46] Skin. [ 47 ] Stage of life, constitution. [ 48 ] Relations.
Alet. * Full text * Red and blue only * Red only
Star Grass. Hæmadoraceæ.
The most bitter plant ; much more so than Aloes, Gentian or Quassia. (-BIGELOW.)
MIND. [1] [ Alet. ] Weariness of body and mind.
SENSORIUM. [2] [ Alet. ] Vertigo, sleepiness, vomiting and purging ; even stupefaction. Dizzy when stooping.
SIGHT AND EYES. [5] [ Alet. ] Eyes feel sore and look dim.
INNER MOUTH. [12] [ Alet. ] Spits a good deal and raises froth.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] [ Alet. ] Want of appetite with weakness. Want of appetite. θ Prolapsus uteri.
EATING AND DRINKING. [15] [ Alet. ] Least food distresses stomach ; fainting attacks with vertigo ; sleepy, emaciated ; disgust for food, nausea ; obstinate indigestion ; constipation ; debility. Indigestion. θ Prolapsus uteri.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] [ Alet. ] Obstinate vomiting during pregnancy.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] [ Alet. ] Flatulent colic in weak, emaciated persons. (OBS :) Hysteric colic.
STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] [ Alet. ] Fearful pains in rectum and anus ; during a movement terrible pains as if forcing a passage.
FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] [ Alet. ] Premature, profuse menses, with labor-like pains. Amenorrha or delayed menses, from uterine or ovarian atony ; weariness of mind and body ; abdomen distended, bearing down ; lassitude. Prolapsus from muscular atony. Menorrhagia from a congested state of uterus and ovaries ; profuse black blood and coagula ; fulness and weight in uterine region. Leucorrha from loss of fluids or defective nutrition ; debility from protracted illness. Leucorrha. θ Prolapsus uteri. Menses too early and too profuse. θ Prolapsus uteri. Sterility from uterine atony.
PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION. [24] [ Alet. ] Habitual tendency to abortion, sensation of weight in uterine region, and tendency to prolapsus. Myalgic pains, simulating "false pains," during pregnancy.
COUGH. [27] [ Alet. ] Raises a great deal of froth ; feels as if wanting to cough, but cannot.
REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] [ Alet. ] Stooping : causes dizziness ; has a great sense of weakness.
NERVES. [36] [ Alet. ] Debility, especially of females, from protracted illness or defective nutrition ; no organic disease. Great debility. θ Prolapsus uteri. Debility after diphtheria. (OBS :) Fits. (OBS :) Epilepsy with young persons.
FEVER. [40] [ Alet. ] (OBS :) In many fevers.
SENSATIONS. [43] [ Alet. ] Pain in rectum as if forcing a passage. Fearful pains : in rectum and anus. Myalgic pains : during pregnancy. Soreness : of eyes. Fulness : in uterine region. Weight : in uterine region.
TISSUES. [44] [ Alet. ] (OBS :) Chronic rheumatism. (OBS :) Dropsy.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] [ Alet. ] Most suitable for chlorotic girls and pregnant women. Weak, emaciated people.
RELATIONS. [48] [ Alet. ] Similar to Helon., Cinchon., Hydrast., Sabin., Senec., Pulsat . and Cauloph . In collecting the root not to be mistaken for Helon. dioic .
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